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    Rooster with swollen feet and toe joints

    A friend asked me to check on her rooster that was walking odd. I assumed that it would be bumble foot and came prepared, but i did not see any scabs and when the feet were clean I did not see any cuts or injuries. The rooster walks as if he has lost flexibility in his toe joints. This is in...
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    Roadside eggstand in the hot summer

    I would like to make a self serve eggstand. We live in Texas and it gets really hot in the summer. I know fresh eggs are safe at room temp, but it is definitely not room temp outside. What are some good ideas to keep eggs cool, but not cold. All I can come up with is build around a cooler. Has...
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    Backyard mix guesses. . . 10 weeks old

    I thought I was hatching all silkie eggs (but obviously not). I have silkies, leghorns, polish, to name a few. I'm sure the white chick is mostly leghorn. It was a big brown egg. Any guesses on pullet or roosters? I have my suspensions. The pictures are not great. I took them at night when I...
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    chicken attacked by dog, neighbor said it was dead. . . .

    One of my white leghorns will not stay in the yard. My neighbor text me apologizing that their dog had killed on of my chickens. Fast forward 8 hours later (I was at work). I was walking near my back door and heard a squawk. Found a leghorn under the table under carport. She was wet. It had...
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    lakenvelder pullet or cockerel? 8 wk old.

    This is my mystery chick from McMurray's. It is 8wks old. Very afraid of me unlike the other chicks. It is also much smaller. I believe it is a lakenvelder, but pullet or cockerel? Or is it too early to tell? Thank you.
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    Help with 13 week old silkie gender

    Look like pullets to me.
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    Mystery Chick

    Any ideas what this chick might be? I do not think it is one on my order, so must be the mystery chick. Thanks for the help.
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    Ideas on the breed?

    Here is mine from last week. They look similar. I have been trying to ID it. I wasn't sure if it was the mystery chick or something I ordered. Leaning toward mystery chick. Do you think they are the same thing?
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    Need advice adding onto coop. FYI, make it bigger than you think you need. . .

    It is true. You can never build your coop big enough. With the help of my family, I built my coop 3 summers ago. At the time, I had 12 chickens. I have attached a picture of the coop. It has an inclosed area 2 feet off the ground that is 3ft wide by 6 feet deep. I have 1x4 roosts the...
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    Hen with severe infection in her leg need help.

    I noticed about 3 months ago that my silkie mix hen started hopping on one foot. I looked at her foot then and did not see any scabs or injuries, so I suspected that she must have sprained it somehow. She continues to roost with the other birds and hops around the yard not putting any weight on...
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    Strange Lump under Chicken wing

    I have this same looking issue with one of my hens on her thigh. Did you figure anything out?
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    10 month old hen injury to thigh; doesn't put weight on it

    I noticed about 6 weeks ago that my silkie mix hen started hopping on one foot. I looked at her foot then and did not see any scabs or injuries, so I suspected that she must have sprained it somehow. She continues to roost with the other birds and hops around the yard not putting any weight on...
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    15 week old chicks gender?

    I have 6 chicks hatched 15 weeks ago. All have black silkie as the rooster and I have identified the type of mother hen on the pictures. I am pretty sure I can tell the gender of the pure silkies, but am having trouble with the mixes. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.
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    Silkie and what?

    Reminds me of the chicks that I got from a black silkie rooster and a brown leghorn hen.
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    What's your guess...pullet cross?

    I have had a black silkie rooster and a light bantam brahma hen produce chicks that look like this.
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